[Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of Fedora on Itanium2

Doug Chapman dchapman at redhat.com
Tue Jan 8 19:15:54 UTC 2008 

Thierry,

I am pretty much stumped now.  I copied that most recent elilo.conf file
directly from a system that boots.  Something must have gotten changed
between there and your system is my only guess.

Do you have access to a USB DVD or CD drive?  If so you can burn either
the full DVD image or the boot.iso image (found in the images/ directory
of the install tree) and that should boot for you.

- Doug


On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 12:53 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote:
> Hi Doug, I'm hopping you are having a good week because elilo.conf
> doesn't work! The same error message!
>  
> I'm probably a "wodoo" or sorcerer computerbuff!
>  
> Be cool :-))) A +
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> 
> > Subject: RE: [Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of Fedora
> on Itanium2
> > From: doug.chapman at hp.com
> > To: fedora-ia64-list at redhat.com
> > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:34:35 -0500
> > 
> > Thierry,
> > 
> > I was very confused as well! But I now understand what the problem
> is
> > and I learned something from this!
> > 
> > The elilo.conf you are using was created using the efi editor which
> > creates files in dos mode (which has a ^m at the end of every line
> which
> > unix text editors do not include). It turns out that elilo cannot
> > handle this file format. Normally this is not a problem since the
> > elilo.conf is created under linux but evidently you created this
> either
> > under dos/windows or with the efi editor. When I made the edited
> > version for you I just edited your copy so it was still in dos
> format.
> > 
> > I think this is a bug in elilo which I will look into getting fixed
> but
> > in the meantime you can use the elilo.conf attached here (I have
> tested
> > this one) or if you create a custom elilo.conf do it on a linux
> system
> > which will create it properly.
> > 
> > - Doug
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 12:04 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote:
> > > Hi, i'm very confused!
> > > 
> > > The release of elilo is 3.7 for ia64 and i attached the help .txt
> > > file!
> > > 
> > > When i launched elilo with your .conf it displayed the message:
> near
> > > line 1: Unknown option, near line 2: ? is expecting a numeric
> value,
> > > forcing interactive mode due to config file error(s)!
> > > 
> > > It was possible to skip these errors by adding '#' in first! But
> it
> > > displayed "vmlinuz not found"!
> > > 
> > > Sorry, possibly cause of headache !!!!!
> > > 
> > > Bye and thanks!
> > > 
> > > Thierry
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
> ______________________________________________________________________
> > > 
> > > > Subject: RE: [Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of
> Fedora
> > > on Itanium2
> > > > From: doug.chapman at hp.com
> > > > To: fedora-ia64-list at redhat.com
> > > > Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 08:45:37 -0500
> > > > 
> > > > Thierry,
> > > > 
> > > > Your elilo.conf was incomplete. Try the one I have attached and
> see
> > > if
> > > > this fixes your issue.
> > > > 
> > > > - Doug
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 14:02 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I launch elilo.efi with elilo.conf using : fs4:>cd EFI, cd
> BOOT
> > > thus
> > > > > ls display vmlinuz and initrd.img.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Attached, my elilo.conf, I have had the same message with
> Fedora 7
> > > and
> > > > > other releases of elilo.efi!!!!
> > > > > 
> > > > > Happy birthdays to U and Us Linux community.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Th. TROUILLET
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >
> > >
> ______________________________________________________________________
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Fedora-ia64-list] Elilo.conf with 1 install of
> > > Fedora
> > > > > on Itanium2
> > > > > > From: doug.chapman at hp.com
> > > > > > To: fedora-ia64-list at redhat.com
> > > > > > Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:27:22 -0500
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Thierry,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The root= option is only used by the kernel after initial
> boot
> > > to
> > > > > find
> > > > > > the root filesystem so that is not what is causing the issue
> > > here.
> > > > > > Elilo looks for the kernel in the same directory elilo was
> > > executed
> > > > > > from. For installs the root= option actually is ignored
> assuming
> > > you
> > > > > > are using the initrd image from the installer (found in the
> > > > > > images/pxeboot directory of the install iso image).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > My assumption is you are using the EFI shell, finding the
> right
> > > fsX:
> > > > > > device, then doing:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > cd efi
> > > > > > cd boot
> > > > > > elilo
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > correct? If so try doing an "ls" before you start elilo just
> to
> > > be
> > > > > sure
> > > > > > vmlinuz is in that directory.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > If everything looks OK to you can you attach your elilo.conf
> > > file?
> > > > > That
> > > > > > might help us understand what is wrong.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Also, if you have access to a DVD drive for the system then
> > > booting
> > > > > and
> > > > > > installing from DVD would likely be easier.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > - Doug
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 19:52 +0000, Thierry TROUILLET wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'm trying to install linux Fedora 8 on an Itanium2
> (2x1.1ghz
> > > -
> > > > > > > supermicro) from an external Usb disk drive partioned
> Fat32.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I've created a directory and subdirectory /EFI/BOOT and
> put
> > > into
> > > > > > > elilo.efi, elilo.conf, initrd.img and vmlinuz.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > When i launched elilo.efi a message was displayed :
> > > elilo.c(line
> > > > > > > 76):kernel file not found vmlinuz!!!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I think that the problem is the command root which define
> the
> > > > > path,
> > > > > > > the efi map command list fs4 for the Usb device! In all
> issues
> > > the
> > > > > > > syntax is: root=/dev/hd number.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thanks for your help.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Thierry from France.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Have a goos days!
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
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